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Beals and Thomas continues its role as a leader in environmentally responsible design by taking a lead in the green design field. We are committed to finding creative strategies to improve our environment and protect public health efficiently and cost-effectively. Led by our in-house Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Accredited Professionals, we are prepared to assist with all site aspects of green building projects, including the pursuit of LEED® certification for your project.
Provided Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide with site design and permitting for development of both hotels, and was responsible for several LEED® components related to the element Hotel, including alternate transportation (public transportation access, bicycle storage, parking capacity), protection and restoration of habitat, stormwater design and water efficient landscaping.The project has achieved LEED® Gold Certification.
Provided low-impact stormwater design and reduced water landscaping associated with campus-wide master planning efforts to improve site access and parking, drainage and stormwater management, and athletic field improvements. The new dormitories achieved LEED® Gold Certification and the school is pursuing LEED® Gold Certification for the new Primary School.
Beals and Thomas was retained by Alternatives Unlimited to evaluate their corporate headquarters for potential upgrade and development to green building standards. We assessed existing buildings using the LEED® criteria and a program that emphasized a combination of renewable energy and energy conservation measures, including the restoration of the mill's former hydropower facility and geothermal wells. The project achieved LEED® Gold Certification.
Beals and Thomas provided design and permitting services for a 100,000 s.f. office building for ISO New England, a not-for-profit corporation responsible for the consistent and reliable operation of New England’s bulk power generation and transmission system. The building includes a number of green building elements and achieved LEED® Gold Certification.
Developed by The Trustees of Reservations, the state-of-the-art administrative and resource facility is dedicated to the advancement of land conservation, ecological and historic resource protection, education and interpretation. We provided coordination of site design and permitting, compliance with state and local regulations, civil engineering, an d assistance with LEED® certification. The Center has achieved LEED® Gold Certification
Beals and Thomas provided civil engineering, site planning, permitting, and land surveying services for the MITRE Center. The Center includes numerous green building elements and has achieved LEED® Silver Certification.
Beals and Thomas was contracted to provide survey services and utility design for the renovation of the City Hall Annex. The project is the City's first "green" building and has achieved LEED® Gold Certification.
Beals and Thomas, Inc. is currently providing site planning, surveying, civil engineering, permitting, and landscape design services to The Home for Little Wanderers, for the relocation of the 46,000 s.f. Knight's Children's Center, an educational facility in Walpole, MA, for at risk youth. The project will also include the construction of two new residential dormitories where the students will live in a safe and nurturing environment. The project is pursuing LEED® certification under the LEED® for Schools program.
The 74 acre site of a former Mass Broken Stone quarry operation and bituminous concrete batching plant was recently redeveloped into the home of a new high-tech corporate headquarters building. Beals + Thomas has been the project engineer and surveyor on this site throughout the design, permitting and construction process. The development program includes a four story, 350,000 square foot office building with on-grade and structured parking for 1,228 spaces. The project utilizes innovative technologies including deep water withdrawal from the quarry pit to provide all of the cooling needs of the building, as well as a substantial on-grade solar array which provides power to the on-site wastewater treatment plant. The USGBC awarded the project with a LEED® Platinum certification in October 2010.
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